Episode #51 High Truths with Agent Ed Byrne and Overdose Team

Episode 51 December 13, 2021 00:56:11
Episode #51 High Truths with Agent Ed Byrne and Overdose Team
High Truths on Drugs and Addiction
Episode #51 High Truths with Agent Ed Byrne and Overdose Team

Dec 13 2021 | 00:56:11

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Show Notes

CDC announced 100,000 overdoses in the past 12 months – an airplane a day falling out of the sky. What is it like for first responders who arrive at a death scene? Team 10 leader Ed Byrne has responded to 400 deaths since recording this episode. He also assisted in the HBO documentary, Crime of the Century.

Since recording this episode, Senator Melissa Melendez, California, will sponsor the Fentanyl Bill Dr. Lev wrote that will include fentanyl in all drug screens when ordered in a hospital.

Edward Byrne

Edward Byrne is a Special Agent with Homeland Security Investigations, currently assigned to the San Diego Office and is a member of Narcotics Task Force (NTF) Team 10 that is tasked with investigating opioid overdose deaths in San Diego county. He has expert experience working border cases involving fentanyl and 4ANPP, the immediate precursor to fentanyl, and works in partnership with other agencies, including U.S. Postal Service, the Drug Enforcement Agency, and local police departments regarding fentanyl investigations.

Special Agent Byrne is involved in federal investigations related to the emerging international trends of the illicit manufacturing and smuggling of fentanyl and it’s analogues.

HBO Special. Crime of the Century. 

 

 

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